Communicable Disease

Grade Level:

8th

Subject:

Communicable diseases

Prepared By:

Dianna Gottlieb

Overview & Purpose

Education Standards Addressed

Students will be completing their YouTube videos as well as posting their thoughts about the subject and
project on a padlet website.

Standard 1: Students will comprehend

concepts related to health promotion and
disease prevention to enhance health.
Standard 7: Students will demonstrate the
ability to practice health-enhancing
behaviors and avoid or reduce health risks.

Teacher Guide

Objectives
(Specify skills/information that will
be learned.)

Essential Question(s)

Opening
(Give and/or demonstrate necessary
information)

Work Period/Activity
(Describe the activity to reinforce
this lesson)

Students will be able to define communicable disease.

Students will be able to identify communicable diseases.

What is a communicable disease?

What is the difference between communicable and non-communicable

diseases?

What are different kinds of communicable diseases?

Time
2-3 minutes

Time
42 minutes

Materials Needed
Ipads/computer lab
Rubric for YouTube video

Students will immediately start finishing up their videos

1. working on videos
2. once completed and emailed to the teacher, students will
write about their thoughts on the class padlet site.

Handouts/Ancillary
Materials
Rubric for project
Directions for padlet

Closing
(reinforcement of information)

Time
2 minutes

Kids will clean up their materials and any last questions will be
answered by the teacher.

Word Wall/Vocabulary
Communicable disease

Assessment
(Steps to check for student
understanding)

Extension Activities
(For students who need additional
assistance or complete work early)

Students will be graded on their final project as well as their post on the class
padlet site.

Level of Blooms/Depth
of Knowledge
Knowledge
application

Students should not have any extra time.

Other Resources
(e.g. Web, books, etc.)
Glencoe teen health text book
Movie maker